how can i catch more white bass in a small man made lake. i can catch them with live minnows but i am more interested in artificial lures.

How you doing, Rastaman?

 

I've had good fortune chasing white bass with the following, either casting & retrieving with a steady retrieve, or trolling them:  Heddon blade baits in all-silver (daytime) or all-black (night time); Erie Dearie weight forward in-line spinners with red-white or silver heads & a white plastic trailer (such as a Cubby Nail Tail) covering the straight part of the hook shank;  small Mepps Aglia long conventional in-line spinners with silver blades & natural animal fur on the hook; smaller Rebel jointed minnows in black back/silver sides/white belly pattern; small (3/16 to 1/4 oz.) nickel plated Red Eye spoons; small nickel plated Little Cleo spoons with blue stripe; small brass Krockodile spoons with red stripe; small pink head-white bodied Pinky hair jigs, Lindy FuzzyGrub jigs, Cubby Mini-Mite jigs, & pink aspirin head jigs with white Mister Twister tails.  Putting any one of the jigs on a safety-pin spinner with a chrome blade would do good at times, too.  I have a buddy who says he's done OK with smaller sized Rat-L-Traps in a couple of different colors, as well.  If you have any or all of these in your tacklebox, you should be in good shape for chasing whites.  The rod & reel should be a light to medium-light action 6 or 6 1/2 footer with clear 8 lb. test line, but sometimes I used the 7' ultralight equipment with 4 lb. test for the jigs.

 

Hope I helped you a little.  Have fun, & let us know how you do out there.

If I'm not fishing, I'm thinking about it. Keep the line fresh, the hooks sharp, and have fun fishing. God bless you. -Sonny, Life Member since 2002

In my experience, I have had white bass in my area hit almost every type of bait/lure there is.  I would say from what I have seen, they have consistantly hit on regular bass sized spinnerbaits, on a slow/medium retrieve. (i use brighter colors as the water in my area is fairly dark colored).  I have also caught them on 3" Storm Swimbaits in bluegill and perch (they seem to really like these) and even smaller sized Rat-L-Traps.  Hope this helps, the best advice I can give you if none of this works is to keep throwing lures until you find one they like.
Natashia NAFC Life Member....... Fishing Queen

ive always caught mine white bass on sassy shad you just put two jig heads on your line about a foot apart and put two sassy shad on and a steady to fast retrive works and if your lucky you usually get two of them